As much as I despise the McDonald Douglas run Boeing, and even more the former Boeing execs who accepted such graft to turn the company over to said MD execs - I lived in the Pacific NW for four decades - trusting the Seattle Times is not safe.
I have many friends in the FAA and who are or were in Boeing. Sure there are problems, and maybe this sometimes happens. But I doubt it very much. All the men and women I know (with a few exceptions) intend to do a good job, and do it correctly. No one is perfect, but they aim that way.